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*** LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION ***'Superlative ... a book of unusual power' THE TIMES'A totally unprecedented, behind the scenes portrait of Putin's Russia at war. Astonishing' ANTONY BEEVOR'A daring on-the-ground work of reportage with a distinctly human feel' FINANCIAL TIMES'Hypnotically good. Seierstad has imparted a sense of the Russians in a way I have not experienced before' JON LEE ANDERSONThe prize-winning new book from the bestselling author of THE BOOKSELLER OF KABULPutin's Russia silences its citizens, targets foreign journalists and invaded a neighbouring country - while declaring it illegal to say the country is at war. This is what we know from the outside: but what does it feel like on the inside? The way into this question, for bestselling author and journalist Ã…sne Seierstad, was young Russian soldier Andrey Medvedev, who defected from the infamous Wagner Group and sought asylum in Norway in January 2023. He was three years old when Putin rose to power and his life story mirrors the transformation of his country. And as Seierstad dug deeper into his family and connections, more and more of Russian society opened up to her, from teachers and farmers to reporters and women left behind by soldiers at war. Drawing upon Seierstad's deep knowledge of Russia and her unparalleled access to the country, Never Say War paints an intimate yet epic portrait of a much-mythologized and little-understood country. With Seierstad's characte
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